Johnny Walker is back in the win column, and he will not be denied. Coming into UFC 279, Walker was in desperate need of a win, having gone 1-4 in his last five fights, including a knockout defeat in his outing prior to facing the always intense Ion Cu…
Johnny Walker is back in the win column, and he will not be denied. Coming into UFC 279, Walker was in desperate need of a win, having gone 1-4 in his last five fights, including a knockout defeat in his outing prior to facing the always intense Ion Cutelaba. This was precisely what he was…
Snapping a run of back-to-back main event losses, Brazilian light heavyweight contender, Johnny Walker flaunted his grappling expertise in tonight’s UFC 279 main card opener against Moldovan force, Ion Cutelaba — forcing an eventual first round rear-naked choke win. Walker, who entered tonight’s UFC 279 main card opener against Cutelaba off the back of a […]
Snapping a run of back-to-back main event losses, Brazilian light heavyweight contender, Johnny Walker flaunted his grappling expertise in tonight’s UFC 279 main card opener against Moldovan force, Ion Cutelaba — forcing an eventual first round rear-naked choke win.
Walker, who entered tonight’s UFC 279 main card opener against Cutelaba off the back of a pair of defeats against both compatriot, Thiago Santos, and most recently, Jamahal Hill — was forced to turnaround a losing skid.
Lastly defeating Ryan Spann, winding up on Cutelaba’s back during a grappling scramble in the first frame after the latter has secured a successful takedown, Walker hand-fought with the Moldovan before landing a rear-naked choke win — snapping his slide.
Below, catch the highlights from Johnny Walker’s UFC 279 submission win
As exciting of a fighter as he is, if Johnny Walker can’t be the best in the world, he does not plan on sticking around in the sport. From the moment he arrived in the UFC, Walker was setting the sport on fire with his exciting yet bizarre antics…
As exciting of a fighter as he is, if Johnny Walker can’t be the best in the world, he does not plan on sticking around in the sport. From the moment he arrived in the UFC, Walker was setting the sport on fire with his exciting yet bizarre antics, and making a name based on…
Johnny Walker is as close to a real life cartoon character as you may find in the UFC, so it is not surprising that he has taken a lot of inspiration from that medium. Win or lose, Walker has gained a reputation in the UFC for his bizarre and unique st…
Johnny Walker is as close to a real life cartoon character as you may find in the UFC, so it is not surprising that he has taken a lot of inspiration from that medium. Win or lose, Walker has gained a reputation in the UFC for his bizarre and unique style and personality. Whether he…
Ahead of his Octagon return this weekend at UFC 279, light heavyweight contender, Johnny Walker has revealed how he recently learned he has an allergy to both CBD (cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) – claiming how he was drugging himself each and every day for years, without knowing the effects his allergic reaction was having on […]
Ahead of his Octagon return this weekend at UFC 279, light heavyweight contender, Johnny Walker has revealed how he recently learned he has an allergy to both CBD (cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) – claiming how he was drugging himself each and every day for years, without knowing the effects his allergic reaction was having on him.
Walker, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – is slated to return to the Octagon this weekend against Moldovan contender, Ion Cutelaba, with the duo set to open the main card of UFC 279 at the T-Mobile Arena.
The 30-year-old, who plys his trade at Straight Blast Gym, enters this Saturday’s return against Cutelaba off the back of main event losses against compatriot, Thiago Santos, and a thunderous February knockout loss against Jamahal Hill.
Previewing his Octagon comeback this weekend, Walker revealed during his media availability that he had learned how he has an allergy to both CBD and THC, and unbeknownst to himself, consumption was having a negative impact on his life.
“It’s nothing against the CBD, it’s just myself, my brain, don’t react good,” Johnny Walker told assembled media. “Other people’s maybes, but my brain – maybe I have ADHD. Then when I hace the CBD, the CBD should calm me down. But the little per cent is good. Every CBD have a little bit of THC. The THC f*cked me up. I get paranoid, I don’t trust nobody, I get late for training, I don’t follow schedule. It f*cked my life.”
“I didn’t know that,” Johnny Walker explained. “I was drugging myself for the last three years and I didn’t notice. Now I know and I stopped talking. (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)
Johnny Walker is without a win since a 2020 KO over Ryan Spann
In his last Octagon victory, Walker managed to stop incoming UFC 281 feature, Ryan Spann with a rallying first round knockout win back in September 2020 at UFC Vegas 11.
Both Jamahal Hill, and Johnny Walker have condemns “coward” trolls who have mocked the fashion in which the latter suffered his first round knockout loss in the main event of UFC Vegas 48 last weekend. Headlining last weekend’s card at the UFC Apex facility, impromptu main event features, Hill and Walker rounded out the card […]
Both Jamahal Hill, and Johnny Walker have condemns “coward” trolls who have mocked the fashion in which the latter suffered his first round knockout loss in the main event of UFC Vegas 48 last weekend.
Headlining last weekend’s card at the UFC Apex facility, impromptu main event features, Hill and Walker rounded out the card in the promotion’s return to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jamahal Hill’s KO win over Johnny Walker came as his second consecutively following a recent win over Jimmy Crute
The loss came as Walker’s fourth from his most recent five appearances under the UFC’s banner, and in the aftermath of his defeat to Hill, the Straight Blast Gym mainstay received mass abuse across his social media, as did his fiancé, with memes and pictures of Walker’s knockout loss circulating across social media.
Walker, who required transportation to a medical facility following his defeat to Chicago native, Hill, questioned why fans, and even some members of the media chose to disrespect him following his knockout defeat.
“I spent so many hours in the hospital getting checked out,” Johnny Walker said on his official YouTube channel. “I’m 100 percent good, the brain scan and everything is okay but they don’t know. They (fans) don’t really care about what happens with my health.”
“They send messages for my fiancé saying so much bullsh*t about me,” Johnny Walker continued. “Things that are disgusting. It’s not everybody but I would like to understand why we have people like this. People even from the media who have my number. They called me before the fight to ask for interviews and everything. Then when I lose, they make big jokes about my losses. This is just very disappointing, you know? You train so hard. I fight for money, to provide good health and support for my family in Brazil. To buy a house for me, I want to marry, I want to have kids, make a business, be sustainable. And they don’t f*cking care about my health.”
“I’m trying to do my best to bring them nice entertainment for everybody,” Johnny Walker explained. “But they just don’t care about my health and if I’m okay or not.”
Walker’s opponent, Hill, who moved to the #10 slot in the light heavyweight division courtesy of his knockout win, also condemned fans in a video released on his official Twitter, calling them cowards, and urging any fans of his who engaged in mocking Walker to not support him anymore.
“I do what I do for the entertainment of the fans and the love of the sport,” Jamahal Hill said. “And whenever I’m successful, and I get as knockout and have these moments that y’all like, bro, don’t use that time to dog somebody. I’ve lost, so I’ve received the ridicule and the things that come with that, and I understand that people are ignorant. But I can only imagine how y’all doing my man (Johnny Walker) right not, and that sh*t ain’t cool. That sh*t ain’t cool. Think about if that was you.”